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The muscles in the little volunteer’s lithe arms flexed against the taut leather straps, each healthy fiber articulated in a biological spasm of fear. He thrashed on the gurney, arching his back in a final helpless act of rebellion.

Terror glazed his beautiful chestnut eyes before rolling in the back of his head until, finally, the anesthetia delivered him to a fitful oblivion. The doctors finalized the preparations. The little angels trembled with excitement.

Their filthy dream was coming true.

It was a revolutionary idea, one that moved the good people at the foundation to action. The request was unprecedented but simple: A healthy boy child.

Now everything was almost ready.

Wheelchairs rolled and back and forth in a mechanical dance of approval. Leg braces clattered with tribal excitement. Syringes squirted in the air with jubilation. An inchoate moan of anticipation filled the sterile white room. Sickly chops were licked. The convulsions were orgy-like, but these little angles didn't have lust in their hearts -- they had revenge. Cold and black and consuming. Revenge.

They lumbered toward the boy. The doctors cautiously backed away.

They wouldn’t need those quilts anymore, or the pity. They’d always have this memory to keep them warm.

The little angels smiled. Their wait was over. This was their time, but, alas, it was running out...

Date Written: April 16, 2004
Author: scoop
Average Vote: 4.3333

Comments:
04/22/2004 TheBuyer (4): ...that just made my day; Healthy vivesection and a smile quilt.
04/22/2004 Benny Maniacs (5): I have AIDS too. Naw, that's fucked up. OK but I am HIV positive.
04/22/2004 anonymous: Maniacs: With the self-defeating attitude you've been carrying around lately I would have to say you have been acting decidedly HIV-negative.
04/22/2004 Will Disney: Hey, wait, what's going on here again? I mean, I like it and stuff, but what's happening in it?
04/23/2004 John Slocum (4): particularly liked paragraph 6.
04/23/2004 Dylan Danko (4):
04/23/2004 Mr. Pony (4): Like the concept, a lot. Still not sure if the trowelled-on language hurts it or helps it.
04/23/2004 mr.coffee (5): ok nice...I got it on the second read!
08/9/2004 TheBuyer: damnit, scoop I lowballed you, this is some of the sickest shit I've read in a long time, degenerate makeup 5 en route.